CSU Faculty Voice: Bagolee's Comments

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Bagolee's Comments

We have an anonymous someone calling her/himself "Bagolee" posting: ostensibly in defense of the two candidates for the CSU presidency, but in reality attacking faculty who are criticizing the choices. It seems unfortunate that someone would take the opportunity to spew unsubstantiated anti-faculty invective during a conversation over such an important issue.

I wonder if this person has anything substantive to contribute to the discussion or if: "I. see people living in glass houses throwing stones at the Board and the candidates."

And:

"I've been watching the blasting of two amazing candidates for the job - one who runs a $5.5 billion annual budget and another who manages 7 colleges and 10 satellite campuses with 8,000 employees and a budget five times that of CSU. Many of the people who are doing the blasting have never been able to complete their PhD's or publish or administer research grants. Talk about hyprocrisy. I guess that amusing one's self like this during the idle time between classes generates a feeling of superiority."

Are the best you have to offer?

Bob Bionaz

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Paul GombergApr 11, 2009, 12:24:00 PM
Thanks, Bob; I agree completely.

Paul
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Thanks to Haki Madhabuti

"1. He/she must be a scholar of national note, with significant peer review publications and books in his or her field. There must be no doubt as to his/her standing in the community of scholars. This would also include a history of the candidate’s participation in the appropriate professional organizations.

2. He/she must have served with distinction as the administrative head of a major unit within an institution of higher learning or at the important position of Provost and/or Dean. Of course, prior service at the presidential level is preferred.

3. He/she must have a documented history of raising significant monies from the private and public sectors. At most major and research one universities it is not unusual to expect the president to come with a plan to raise in excess of half a billion dollars or more in the first few years.

4. The prospective president must have a consensus buy-in from the faculty, students, administration and staff, therefore, arriving with a unity mandate to lead by joining a University community that has bought into his or her vision for the future."

From an open letter to the CSU Community, 2009.